US 12,029,301 B2
Apparatus, kit, and method for decorating nails
Emma J. E. Peat, Toronto (CA); Jessica Livingston, Ottawa (CA); Kyra Crilly, Toronto (CA); Paul A. Reynolds, Toronto (CA); and Mollie B. Jameson, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to SPIN MASTER LTD., Toronto (CA)
Filed by SPIN MASTER LTD., Toronto (CA)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/304,436.
Application 17/304,436 is a continuation of application No. 16/230,276, filed on Dec. 21, 2018, granted, now 11,064,785.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/730,350, filed on Sep. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0307482 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A45D 29/00 (2006.01); A45D 31/00 (2006.01); A45D 29/22 (2006.01); A45D 44/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 29/004 (2013.01) [A45D 31/00 (2013.01); A45D 29/001 (2013.01); A45D 2029/005 (2013.01); A45D 29/22 (2013.01); A45D 44/005 (2013.01); A45D 2044/007 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for decorating nails, comprising:
a housing having a cartridge recess;
a cartridge that includes a supply spool around which a tape is at least partially wound, the tape having at least one decal that is transferrable to a nail of a human digit, and a take-up spool that includes a tape grip that holds an end of the tape, wherein the cartridge is removably mountable in the cartridge recess;
an actuator coupled to the housing and moveable between an unactuated position and an actuated position;
a tape advancement arrangement coupled to the actuator and arranged to rotate the take-up spool to extend the tape from the supply spool during movement of the actuator between the unactuated position and the actuated position; and
a decal application surface coupled to at least one of the housing and the actuator, the decal application surface being sufficiently firm to press the tape against the nail when the actuator is moved towards the actuated position to transfer at least one of the at least one decal from the tape to the nail.